Fellow Mondraker rider Laurie Greenland managed to make it through the mud in Fort William and finish ninth overall despite picking up a shoulder injury in qualifying.

He’ll be battling through the same injury and looking to build on his top 10 finish in Leogang this weekend.

“Off the bat I felt I could put together a solid run in Fort William,” he said. “But I had a massive crash on Saturday and injured my shoulder a bit, so to be able to push on through the pain and get ninth was pretty special for me.

“It was a bit of a rollercoaster – I went from feeling like I could do real well to almost being unable to ride, and then getting back on it. A ninth place finish felt a lot better than it normally would just because of the situation.

“The shoulder is good right now. It’s similar [to Fort William]. I’ve got it all taped up, but a couple of painkillers and I’m ready to go.

“It’s not something that stops you from racing really, it just makes you a lot weaker on the bike. It’s something you’ve got to push on through but it’s not something that will actually stop you.”

We’ll be keeping a special eye out this weekend to see how Danny and Laurie get on in finals on Sunday – and if you keep an eye out you’ll see our full feature with the Mondraker riders dropping on Mpora in the coming weeks!